Order or note paper roll machine



June 2, 1925. 1,539,994

' D. L. COOPER ORDER OR NOTE PAPER ROLL MACHINE Filed Aug. 31l 1925 El.6400/2 er;

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PATENT OFFICE.

DOCTOR L. COOPER, F NEWTON, MISSISSIPPI.

ORDER 0R NOTE PAPER ROLL MACHINE.

Application lcd August 31, 1923. Serial No. 660,282.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, DOCTOR L. COOPER, citizen of the United States,residing at Newton, inl the county of Newton and State of Mississippi,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Order or Note PaperRoll Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to means for facilitating the taking of orders ornotes given by phone call or the like, and has particular reference toan improvement upon the order or note paper roll machine set forth inmycopending application for U. S. Letters Patent, Serial No. 647,887,filed June 26, 1923.

An object of the invention is to provide an improved device of the abovekind, which embodies durable and simple construction, by means of whichthe taking of orders may be conveniently accomplished due to theconvenient mounting of the required paper and pencil, and upon whichsaid orders may be temporarily filed.

Specific objects of the invention are further to provide simple anddesirable means for detachably mounting the roller paper and forfacilitating feeding of the pape under the tearing knife.

Other objects of the invention will be readily understood from thefollowing description and claim taken in conjunction with theaccompanying drawing.

Inthe drawing, wherein like reference characters indicate correspondingparts throughout the views:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of an order or note paper rollmachine constructed in accordance wit/h the present invention.

.Figure 2 is a front elevational view thereof.

Figure 3 is a horizontal sectional view, taken substantially upon theline 3--3 of Figure l.

Figure 4 is an enlarged fragmentary perspective view illustratingdetails of the construction for mounting the paper roll, and

Figure 5 is a transverse vertical sectional View, taken through the baseplate forwardly .of the tearing blade.

Referring more in detail to the drawing, the invention embodies a baseplate 5 provided with suitable supporting feet 6 and preferably havingthe upper surface thereof disposed on a slight incline for conveniencein writing upon the paper 7 when the free end portion of the latter isdisposed thereon.

The rear portion of the base plate 5 is reduced in width, and a backwall 8 is rigid with and extends upwardly from the rear edge of thereduced portion of the base plate as shown clearly in Figures 1 and 3,the back wall having forwardly extending side lwalls rigid therewithwhich extend upwardly from the side edges of the reduced portion of thebase plate 5 as clearly shown in Figures 1 to 3 inclusive.

Rearwardly and downwardly inclined grooves 10 are formed in the innersurfaces of the upper portions ofthe side walls 9 and these grooves openat the forward edges of the side members for removable reception of thespindle 11 of a paper roll indicated at 12.v

A suitable U-shaped paper guide 13 is suspended from the sides 9 beneaththe grooves 10, the paper being inserted behind said guide and thusdownwardly around a 'suitable guide roller 14 journalled in the lowerportions of the sides 9 directly above the upper surface of the baseplate 5 'adjacent the back wall 8.

A suitable tearing knife 15 is fastened upon the base plate 5 directlyin front lof 4the roller 14 preferably by attaching the ends of saidknife to the base plate, and the paper is adapted to be passed beneaththis paper tearing knife so as to expose the paper forwardly of theknife for receiving the notes to be written thereon.

In the use of the present device, it will be found advantageous toprovide a clip 16 upon one of the sides 9 for rece-ption of a pencil asindicated by dotted lines at 17 in Figure 1, and the Vorders may betemporarily filed upon a filing hook 18 mounted uponthe other side 9 ofthe device.

In order to detachably retain the ends of the roll spindle 11 within thegrooves 10,

the Outer ends of these grooves are normally closed by resilientswinging retaining strip 19 that is hinged as at 20 to the edgel of eachside wall 9 adjacent said groove 10. f

The base plate 5 is provided with a groove or socket 21 beneath. thetearinfr knife 15, and arranged within this socket or groove 21 is aroller 22 over which the paper 7 passes, said roller being verticallyadjustable by means of screws 23 threaded through the base plate andbearing upon the ends of the 4spindle of the roller .22 as shown clearlyin Figure 5. In this manner, the roller 22 may be adjusted toward theknife 15 so as to from ,the knife l5 may be@ readily accom plishedaftereach order is taken and the piece of paper-'torn olf upon which vsaid`order is written.

From the above description, it will be seen that the device embodies'practical specific improvements over the construction set forth in myabove mentioned copending application by means of'whicli the device willmeet with all of the requirements for a successful commercial use.

Minor changes may be made lWithout departing from the spirit and scopeof the invention as claimed.

What I claim as newis: A device of the class described comprising abase, an upright rising from one side thereof, said upright being of apredetermined width and having vertically extending -anges formed on itsopposite vertical edges, the inner faces of said flanges being providedWitli the inclined open ended recesses adapted toI receive the journalsof a `paper holding roll, clips for retaining said journals in position,a paper tension and guiding roll rotatably mounted between the lowerportions of said flanges at a point beneath the journals of the paperholding roller, the paper being adapted to be trained over said guidingroller. in the manner to dis ose,l it between the adjacent portions ofthe anges, permitting the latter to function additionally for confiningthe paper therebetween.

In testimony whereof I aiix my signature.

DOCTOR L. COOPER.

